State comparison · 2025
Dental Assistants salary: Maine vs Texas
Dental Assistants in Maine earn a median of $60,070. In Texas, $45,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.2%
Maine vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+32.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $60,070
- p25
- $49,250
- p75
- $61,510
- p10
- $47,290
- p90
- $62,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
Texas
Dental Assistants
- Median
- $45,430
- p25
- $37,360
- p75
- $48,280
- p10
- $35,400
- p90
- $57,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.